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Thomas Mann

Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate, known for his series of highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual. His analysis and critique of the European and German soul used modernized German and Biblical stories, as well as the ideas of Goethe, Nietzsche, and Schopenhauer.

His older brother was the radical writer Heinrich Mann, and three of his six children, Erika Mann, Klaus Mann and Golo Mann, also became important German writers.

When Hitler came to power in 1933, the anti-fascist Mann fled to Switzerland. When World War II broke out in 1939, he emigrated to the United States, from where he returned to Switzerland in 1952. Thomas Mann is one of the most known exponents of the so called Exilliteratur. (Source)

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German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)

Born 6 June 1875
Died 12 August 1955

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  • Cover of: Doktor Faustus: das Leben des deutschen Tonsetzers

    First published in 1947 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: An exchange of letters

    First published in 1937 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1940 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Joseph and His Brothers

    First published in 1956 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Holy Sinner;
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    First published in 1951 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1952 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Thomas Mann's Addresses Delivered at the Library of Congress, 1942-1949

    First published in 2008 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Royal Highness

    First published in 2011 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Thomas Mann: New Selected Stories

    First published in 2023 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Buddenbrooks: der Verfall einer Familie. Roman

    First published in 1909 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Über deutsche Literatur: ausgew. Essays, Reden u. Briefe

    First published in 1975 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Joseph and his brothers

    First published in 1939 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Der Zauberberg: Roman

    First published in 1964 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1920 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1910 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1958 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Bekenntnisse des hochstaplers Felix Krull: Buch der Kindheit

    First published in 1925 — 2 editions
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German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)

Born 6 June 1875
Died 12 August 1955

Subjects

Fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Correspondence, German Authors, Criticism and interpretation, Politics and government, German Novelists, Biography, German language, German literature, Translations into English, History, Mann, thomas, 1875-1955, Democracy, Fiction, short stories (single author), German fiction, Readers, Diaries, German language materials, In literature, Political and social views, Bible, Germany, fiction, History of Biblical events, World War, 1914-1918

Places

Germany, Europe, Prussia (Germany), Venice (Italy), Germany (West), Lübeck (Germany), Munich (Germany), Spain, Weimar (Thuringia), Alabama, Alemania, Allemagne, Araby, Araby bazaar, Carthage, Davos, Foreign countries, France, Great Britain, Italy, Jefferson, Lubeck, Lubeck (Germany), Lübeck, Milan

People

Thomas Mann (1875-1955), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), Joseph (Son of Jacob), Richard Wagner (1813-1883), Jacob (Biblical patriarch), Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805), Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), Leo Tolstoy graf (1828-1910), Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900), Moses (Biblical leader), Charlotte Buff (1753-1828), Charlotte Buff Kestner (1753-1828), Frederick II King of Prussia (1712-1786), Heinrich Mann (1871-1950), Paul Amann (1884-1958), Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), René Schickele (1883-1940), Theodor Storm (1817-1888), Charlotte Buff Kestner (1735-1828), Erich Kahler (1885-1970), Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946), Gottfried Bermann Fischer (1897-), H. T. Lowe-Porter (1876-1963), Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Time

20th century, 1918-1933, 19th century, 1740-1806, 1740-1815, 1933-1945, 1789-1900, 1918-1945, 18th century, Civil War, 1936-1939, 1712-1786, 1861-65, 1914-, 1914-1918, 1938-, 1945-1955, Antebellum era, Revolution, 1848-1849, antiquity to mid-20th century

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Alternative names

  • Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955.
  • Mann, Thomas Writer
  • Mann, Thomas Schriftsteller
  • Mann, Thomas Ecrivain
  • THOMAS MANN
  • Thomas MANN
  • Thomas mann
  • Thomas. Mann
  • thomas mann
  • Thomas Thomas Mann
  • Mann Thomas
  • Thomas 1875-1955 Mann
  • Thomas (1875-1955) Mann
  • Томас Манн
  • Т.Манн

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January 13, 2025 Edited by raybb Edited without comment.
June 27, 2023 Edited by Сергей Малышев Edited without comment.
April 25, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
July 30, 2021 Edited by Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten links
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import